I wrote a script to block my calendar. Can I turn it into a product?
Hello Indiehackers!
I wanted my calendar blocked for the current day, to avoid same day meetings.
So I built an app which fills open slots with a 30 minute meeting.
It runs every day at 10pm and fills the next day.
The link is attached, It's built in App Script via Google Sheets.
What is your advice to find out if anyone needs this? If there is some demand, I'm thinking of turning it into a browser extension. For now, it just serves to scratch my own itch :)
Thanks!
PS first post Hooray!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K6mO8COe3mANV80_vn3_bTzEitfg-EZTUshBiaIDV8/edit?usp=sharing
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Why is a script needed? You can just block the whole day as a recurring event. Sure, real meetings will overlap on the fake ones but it solves the issue.
Thanks for your feedback @satvikpendem
I want to allow people to schedule meetings, just not on the same day.
If I block my schedule multiple days in advance they’ll start ignoring the block.
I didn't test your product, but I don't believe that you have a product here.
As far as I can tell, Calendly (and perhaps many other apps) have this feature as a side effect or other features. For instance, I can decide that I need 24h notice for each appointment, that means nobody can book me today unless they did it the day before.
Thanks for the feedback @acedit.
As an employee , my problem is colleagues having direct access to my gmail calendar. Unfortunately there is no Calendly interface in this case.
I’m assuming there are employees, freelancers or temporary employees who dislike this as well.